New York at Night

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Dateca. 1935; printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 10 3/4 inches (34.77 × 27.31 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 inches (35.4 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.650

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom center, in pencil: "Berenice Abbott"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "37"

On View

Not on view

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DescriptionImage of aerial cityscape (New York City) at night.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 - February 12, 1989, The Fine Arts Center/Creekwood, Nashville, TN, February 26 - April 2, 1989, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, April 23 - June 11, 1989, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, August 6 - September 24, 1989, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA, February 18 - April 1, 1990, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE, April 29 - June 10, 1990, Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, Danville, VA, July 8 - August 26, 1990, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN, September 23 - November 4, 1990, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT, December 1, 1990 – January 20, 1991, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, February 12 - April 7, 1991, no. 32.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1986;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Published References

Keith F. Davis. Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1989. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Center/Creekwood, Evansville Museum of Arts, Mississippi Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Danville Museum of Fine Arts, the Snite Museum of Art, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, and the Museum of Photographic Arts, 32.

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